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Billy Bragg To Have & To Have Not Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this weekAlbum: Life's a Riot With Spy vs. Spy / Original Release Date: 1983-11Genre: RockSong Duration: 2 min 33 sec
BILLY BRAGG
- To Have & To Have Not Lyrics / with translationsUp in the morning and out to school
Mother says there'll be no work next year
Qualifications once the golden rule
Are now just pieces of paper
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
If you look the part you'll get the job
In last year's trousers and your old school shoes
The truth is, son, it's a buyer's market
They can afford to pick and choose
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because I dress like this
Doesn't mean I'm a communist
The factories are closing and the army's full
I don't know what I'm going to do
But I've come to see in the Land of the Free
There's only a future for the chosen few
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
At twenty one you're on top of the scrapheap
At sixteen you were top of the class
All they taught you at school was how to be a good worker
The system has failed you, don't fail yourself
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
Mother says there'll be no work next year
Qualifications once the golden rule
Are now just pieces of paper
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
If you look the part you'll get the job
In last year's trousers and your old school shoes
The truth is, son, it's a buyer's market
They can afford to pick and choose
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because I dress like this
Doesn't mean I'm a communist
The factories are closing and the army's full
But I've come to see in the Land of the Free
There's only a future for the chosen few
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
At twenty one you're on top of the scrapheap
At sixteen you were top of the class
All they taught you at school was how to be a good worker
The system has failed you, don't fail yourself
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
Facts about To Have & To Have Not
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To Have & To Have Not is written by Billy Bragg, Stephen William Bragg.
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It is first released on November 01, 1983 as part of Billy Bragg's album "Life's a Riot With Spy vs. Spy" which includes 18 tracks in total.
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To Have & To Have Not falls under the genre Rock.
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To Have & To Have Not song length is 2 minutes and 33 seconds.
Who wrote To Have & To Have Not lyrics?
To Have & To Have Not is written by Billy Bragg, Stephen William Bragg.
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When was To Have & To Have Not released?
It is first released on November 01, 1983 as part of Billy Bragg's album "Life's a Riot With Spy vs. Spy" which includes 18 tracks in total.
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Which genre is To Have & To Have Not?
To Have & To Have Not falls under the genre Rock.
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How long is the song To Have & To Have Not?
To Have & To Have Not song length is 2 minutes and 33 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Billy Bragg, Stephen William BraggRecord Label(s): 2010 Yep Roc Records
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